You are entirely responsible for your own career.. Work hard and it will pay off. If you expect something for nothing you are going to be sorely disappointed.

The world owes you nothing.

Work for your success.

3: Draw your line

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Gardner says you should go grab a pen and paper.

Starting from day one, draw the lineof your life. The ups and down, the peaks and troths. Do it in detail, says Gardner.

This exercise was a big deal for Chris Gardner. It gave him a sense of development in his life. It taught him that we are always moving, always heading in some direction.

At times it can feel that we are just in a slump, like we are stuck in life.

The mind tricks us into believing that we are a victim. By drawing the lines of our lives we can see how all this peaks and troths lead together.

When you draw your line, look at the moments when your line changes direction.

These changes of direction represent moments when your life changed course. By zooming in on these moments, on these actions, you will see what caused your life to change. You will see how any action you take now will change the cause of your destiny.

4 : The lesson is life itself

Life teaches you the lessons as you go along. Keep your ideas open and your dreams alive.

The single most important thing Chris Gardner taught the world is open our eyes to life itself.

Realise that life is a journey. Yeah, sometime you may be flat-out broke. Sometimes you will wonder how the hell you are going to survive. But life is always moving. Destinies are always changing. If Chris Gardner’s life took him from homeless to multi-millionaire, where is your life going to take you?

5: He “started from the bottom now he’s here”

Chris Gardner’s main life lesson is that no matter what kind of hell you’re going through right now, you can still make it to the top of the game.

This is what we learn from Chris Gardner’s story.

You will probably learn more about life from Chris Gardner than you would from an entire master’s degree in psychology.

Played by Will Smith in the inspirational movie The Pursuit of Happiness and having been on the New York Times bestsellers list for twenty weeks with The Pursuit of Happiness (the book) the Chris Garnder story is one that has proven itself capable of capturing the hearts of millions.

For those who haven’t seen the movie—which sees Will Smith in Chris Gardner’s shoes during the year of homelessness— or read the book— which covers much more ground— Chris Gardner is famous for personifying the rags to riches story.

But here’s the point: he started from the bottom (now he’s here).

His main lessons is this: take life by the horns and run with it.

Start where you are (as in right now).

That’s the title of his book, so you know he means it.

Start Where You Are is the book that truly revealed Chris Gardner’s secrets to success, and the genius mind of the real Chris Gardner. Start Where You Are book shows the techniques Chris Gardner used to go from the streets to stock broker companies. Let’s take a look at some of the lessons the book offered.

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An amazing and very inspiring story. “Start where you are” is the most important and simple lesson to learn whatever your problem or your goal is. Whatever you can do, you’ll be doing it from where you are. So do it right now and change your life.